Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Synopsis
Academy Award-winning director Brad Bird (RATATOUILLE) makes his live-action feature directorial debut with the fourth installment of the massively successful MISSION IMPOSSIBLE series. The Kremlin has been bombed, and the blame has fallen on the IMF. As a result, the president initiates Ghost Protocol, and accuses Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team of placing the bomb in an attempt to incite a global nuclear war. Now, in order to clear the IMF of terrorism charges, Ethan assembles a new team to uncover the truth by using every high-tech trick in the book. But this time they're on their own, and should they be caught, the entire world could be plunged into a nightmare from which there is no waking up. Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, and Simon Pegg co-star.

"Bird has done a stylish and involving job here, turning in an entertaining production that's got considerable visual flair....This is high anxiety with a vengeance." (Los Angeles Times)

4 stars out of 5 -- "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4 is so well-made and smooth you may need to see it more than once to truly appreciate its brains and nerves and blood." (Box Office)

"Mr. Bird and his cinematographer, Robert Elswit, sustain a remarkable level of visual and dramatic energy in scenes that exult in exotic settings, edgy architecture and quirky behavior." (Wall Street Journal)

"[Bird] delivers stunning and often inventive visuals, not to mention some ultra cool new gadgets worth drooling over..." (Movieline)

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE -- GHOST PROTOCOL is a terrific thriller with action sequences that function as a kind of action poetry." (Chicago Sun-Times)